In the early space-race days depicted in the film “Hidden Figures,” a job title was “computer.” Ben Zimmer on why.

When NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson asks to join a high-level briefing in the run-up to astronaut John Glenn’s historic 1962 flight in the film “Hidden Figures,” an engineer rushes to ...

The three African-American women whose stories were shared in the 2016 movie “Hidden Figures” will be awarded Congressional Gold Medals.

Katherine Johnson, the former NASA mathematician depicted in the 2016 film “Hidden Figures,” died Monday at the age of 101.

<i>Hidden Figures </i>is a true story draped in red, white, blue and black, too long an ignored footnote to American history.

The title announces the intent. In recent years, it’s become a trend in pop science and history literature to revisit well-known events from the perspective of the kinds of people usually overlooked ...

First look at the trailer for the upcoming space history movie "Hidden Figures" (2017).

Here are four people of color who contributed to science fiction significantly, and like the women of Hidden Figures, were often threatened with having their names and cultural identities erased ...

The three African-American women whose stories were shared in the 2016 movie “Hidden Figures” will be awarded Congressional Gold Medals.

A NASA employee for 35 years, Johnson's major contributions to the space program were memorialized in the 2016 film “Hidden Figures.” She was portrayed in the movie by actress Taraji P. Henson.

A NASA employee for 35 years, Johnson's major contributions to the space program were memorialized in the 2016 film “Hidden Figures.” She was portrayed in the movie by actress Taraji P. Henson.